Re: [BUG?] Detaching head at checked out point does not work.

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: May 12, 2007, 19:35 UTC
Message-ID: <7vd515ygw5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070512191833.GA8983@efreet.light.src>

Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> writes:

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> On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 11:26:53 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> writes:
>>
>> > I can correctly detach head by saying:
>> >
>> >   git checkout master^0
>> >
>> > (or git checkout master^{} or git checkout refs/heads/master), but NONE of
>> > these work, if I currently have master checked out. Shouldn't it detach
>> > anyway?
>> 
>> Yes, and it does as far as I know.
>> 
>> Do you have 3e0318a3?
>
> It does not seem to be in 1.5.1.4, so no, I don't.

As that commit is directly on top of v1.5.1, I think it may not hurt to cherry-pick that single commit to 'maint' for 1.5.1.5, although some may argue that it is not strictly a bugfix but a new feature.